Recording "what you hear" with Windows 7

[ignatz]

I have used Audacity successfully to record "what you hear" with Vista SP2.

I just installed Windows 7 Home Premium.

Audacity 1.3.9 will play any imported sound file fine, but I cannot get it to record sounds from the Internet.

The familiar choicees in the sound control panel for "stereo mix" or "what you hear" do not appear under Windows 7, even when I choose to show disabled and disconnected devices.

I have tried my onboard sound (Sigmatel chip on an Intel board) and a separate Creative Labs Soundblaster 24 Live card.

Neither works to record under Windows 7. Both recorded under Vista.

I realize this is probably a driver/sound card issue, rather than an Audacity issue.

Intel is no longer developing drivers for my board and has nothing newer to offer me. I have the latest Microsoft drivers for both onboard and Creative Labs--neither records what you hear. Both were installed by Microsoft during my Wndows 7 install a couple of days ago.

I have a Windows 7 driver downloaded directly from Creative Labs that I have not tried yet. I don't know if it is identical to the Windows 7 driver supplied for my Creative Lab card during the Windows 7 install.

Any suggestions or workarounds other than to try Vista drivers???

I am wondering if this is a deliberate change made by Microsoft, rather than a bug or oversight.

[kozikowski]

The sound card and the operating system have to both support What U Hear. Without either one, it's just not there.

See if Total Recorder has a Windows 7 version yet.

Koz